yknow i never noticed the sheer rareness of images having ids or alt text on this website until i started adding alt text to my art (and trying to remember to add it to any images i post in general, especially text screenshots) and that makes me kinda sad
I feel like a lot of people just don't know how to do it or are intimidated by the prospect. I was too, actually, and I couldn't find any good guides on how to do it (beyond basic formatting) and most guides boiled down to "just describe what you see and important details!" I really wanted to add alt text bc accessibility is important to me, but I would always get kinda stumped on how to do it.
But then I saw this image, I think in a discord server, and I immediately started doing it. It kinda broke the ice for me
heck yeah, we love an anti-ableism tool. now here’s the alt text for the post above:
[image ID: an infographic titled “writing alt text”, laid out as a royal blue field on a white background, which outlines how to format alt text by using the bubble ( tags ) labelled “identify who”, “expression”, “description”, “colour” and “interesting features”. it then features an example photo of a capybara in a body of water with yuzu fruits, with the following alt text in the bubble ( tags ) - “A capybara” “looking relaxed” “in a hot spa.” “Yellow yuzu fruits” “are floating in the water,” “and one is balanced on the top of the capybara’s head.”
